Guinness
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| posted on 20/12/04 at 09:24 AM |
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Plumbing a ZZR1100 C
Guys I'm after some help. I spent all night last night going back through the BEC forum and photo archives to see if anyone has plumbed one of
these in. Now I'm more confused than ever!!
I have a rad with two connections (32mm) and the original thermostat off the ZZR1100 D, the engine and that's about it at the moment.
The Haynes Manual shows an expansion tank, but I can't see where the connection to the system is other than the breather off the thermostat
housing? It must have a drain back in?
I have a pipe running from the pump round to the rad. Do i put a t-piece in this up to the bottom of a bottle? If so does the bottle have to be
higher than the engine? Or at least same height?
Yours (confused) Mike
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jack trolley
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 posted on 20/12/04 at 08:24 PM |
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Online Kawasaki parts diagrams
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Guinness
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| posted on 22/12/04 at 07:46 AM |
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Cheers Jack. That's the same diagram as the Haynes Manual. It shows an expansion tank higher than the engine with a 4mm pipe coming off the
bottom of the tank going to the top of the thermostat. I assume any expansion goes up this pipe and then drains back same way.
Only problem with this arrangement is that I have the thermostat almost at the bonnet line, so I can't get the bottle higher than the outlet, so
any expansion into the tank won't drain back into the system when it cools.
Cheers
Mike
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Peteff
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| posted on 22/12/04 at 11:21 AM |
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As long as there's liquid in the bottle and it's sealed it should siphon back.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Guinness
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| posted on 22/12/04 at 07:41 PM |
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Peteff, how sealed? After a trip to the breakers today I now have two expansion bottles and all the pipes I think I need. One bottle is from a
Capri, which has a push on cap like a washer bottle (which I could see popping off), and the other is from a Clio with a Screw Down cap which will
hold pressure.
I now have parts to make either of these two expansion systems, a pressurised one or an unpressurised one. Which do you guys think would be best?
Mike
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jack trolley
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| posted on 22/12/04 at 08:25 PM |
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2 articles with engine bay pics on ZZR-powered DAX Rush here 'n'
here
Also, current issue of one of the kit-car mags. has a article on ZZR DAX.
If in doubt copy 
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Guinness
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| posted on 22/12/04 at 08:55 PM |
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Cheers Jack
Looks like a similar system to the DAX, with a pressurised bottle on the scuttle to give it height.
Cheers again.
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